#2E8EA3#2E8EA3

#2E8EA3 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.092 H 215.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2E8EA3
RGB	rgb(46, 142, 163)
HSL	hsl(191, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(191, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 12.9%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.63, -20.47, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.63, 28.03, 223.08°)
OKLab	oklab(60.07% -0.0749 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(60.07% 0.092 215.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4078, 22.5692, 38.0821)
Luminance	0.2257 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2E8EA3 #A3432E

analogous

#2EA37D #2E8EA3 #2E53A3

triadic

#2E8EA3 #A32E8E #8EA32E

tetradic

#2E8EA3 #7D2EA3 #A3432E #53A32E

square

#2E8EA3 #7D2EA3 #A3432E #53A32E

split-complementary

#2E8EA3 #A32E53 #A37D2E

monochromatic

#133B44 #216473 #2E8EA3 #44B2CA #74C6D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#2E8EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.51

#2E8EA3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #2E8EA3

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2E8EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2E8EA3	1.00	3.81	5.51	5.51
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F8AA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2e8ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(46, 142, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.092 215.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77afbe',
    500: '#2e8ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2e8ea3;
$custom-light: #77afbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2e8ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 46,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.769,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60072,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 215.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2E8EA3

secondary

#BF7C6D

accent

#6449DF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F6

border

#C9CED0

text

#0A1012

muted

#7C7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #2E8EA3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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